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Clinical neuropathology practice news 2-2012: BRAF V600E testing.
Clinical neuropathology - 1 Jan 2000
Capper David, Berghoff Anna-Sophie, von Deimling Andreas, Preusser Matthias
Abstract excerpt
Activating mutations of the serine threonine kinase v-RAF murine sarcoma viral oncogene homologue B1 (BRAF), most commonly of the V600E type, are found in a wide range of human neoplasms including primary and secondary brain tumors. Therapeutic BRAF inhibitors have shown clinically meaningful activity, particularly in metastatic BRAF V600E mutated melanoma including patients with brain metastases. Therefore, in...
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